USA Werner Herzog I’m not going to address Werner Herzog’s new feature as an adaptation of his own documentary Little Dieter Needs To Fly. In part because it’s been years since I saw the doc, but more important is that the comparison isn’t what makes this movie good, not is it the point of sale … Continue reading
Australia Dir: Geoffrey Wright In the Shakespeare canon, reinterpretation is like adrenaline. The bard’s plays have endlessly been folded, cut and crumpled into new shapes, deviant forms. So it’s not a shock to see Macbeth transposed onto modern Melbourne, where feudal kingdoms become drug organizations and the Castle Dunsinane a lavish mansion. Ideally, this would … Continue reading
The Rock’s latest filmic effort arrives on screens today, Gridiron Gang, the true story of Sean Porter, a guy who inspired urban toughs to put away their nines and replace them with footballs and created a successful program to send young people on their way towards happier lives. For some it stuck [one became an … Continue reading
Instead of just bumping the one article for the CHUD Podcast, I’m going to give each installment their own so that we can build this thing up a little better and keep it fresh. Of course fresh isn’t exactly on the menu with these shows due to the meandering craziness of them, but you get … Continue reading
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USA A.J. Schnack It’s almost exactly an hour into About A Son before the first image of Kurt Cobain hits the screen. A series of still on-stage photos flickers in montage, then fades away. Only at the film’s end does anything like a portrait of the singer fill the frame. The rest of the images … Continue reading
"Witness the birth of fear" the poster warns. Hopefully this isn’t a flick about the casting of Reese Witherspoon and Mark Wahlberg because I have a rival project about that at Warner’s. No, this is the prequel to the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Don’t overthink it, your head will hurt. I really dug … Continue reading
Edward Burns is a guy I cannot help but respect and appreciate. The Brothers McMullen was a great little debut and though it tread similar turf I feel She’s the One is a special comedy I can watch any time thanks to the chemistry of Burns, Mike McGlone and John Mahoney. His subsequent works have … Continue reading
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Punchin’ Meat (SEND A LETTER) Phillipe: Cuff and Link "domesticated turtles" reference in a Rocky article? Nice. Hey, "they make good soup." Re: Balbo VI, you’re right. Definitely a great degree of patriotic, die-hard, up by the bootstraps, underdog tenacity that I’m rooting for all the way. Way to go Jack Gilardi, Ed Limato & … Continue reading